Da Nang International Airport

For the military use of this facility, see Da Nang Air Base.

Da Nang International Airport Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng
IATA: DAD ICAO: VVDN
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Owner/Operator	Airports Corporation of Vietnam
Serves	Da Nang
Location	Da Nang, Vietnam
Hub for	Vietnam Airlines VASCO
Operating base for	Bamboo Airways VietJet Air
Elevation  AMSL	10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates	16°02′38″N108°11′58″E / 16.04389°N 108.19944°E / 16.04389; 108.19944
Website	www.danangairport.vn
Map
DAD/VVDN Location within the city of Da Nang Show map of Da Nang DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Vietnam) Show map of Vietnam DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Southeast Asia) Show map of Southeast Asia DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Asia) Show map of Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17L/35R 3,500 11,483 Asphalt 17R/35L 3,048 10,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total passengers 15,543,598 17.5%
Source: Taseco Airs [1]

Da Nang International Airport( IATA : DAD, ICAO : VVDN) is an international airport serving the area of Central Vietnam and the region's largest city Da Nang. It is the third international airport in the country, after Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City).

In addition to its civil aviation, the runway is shared with the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF, the Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam), although military activities are now extremely limited. ^{[2] [ unreliable source? ]} The airport served 5 million passengers in 2014, reaching that passenger count around six years sooner than expected. ^[3] An expansion of the new terminal is currently considered to increase its capacity to 10 million passengers per annum by 2020. ^[4] This airport handled 6,722,587 passengers in 2015, an increase of 34.7% compared with that of 2014. ^[5]

This airport handled 11 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 24.1% compared to that of 2016. ^[6] The airport has two separate terminals for international and domestic passengers, with a total passenger capacity of 11 million per annum as at 2018. ^[7] The Hanoi-Danang and Ho Chi Minh City-Danang routes have respectively 319 and 250 weekly flights and are, in order, the second and third busiest air routes in Vietnam after the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh route (475 flights).

In 2024, it was ranked 94th in the list of World's Top 100 Airports by Skytrax, ^[8] certified as a 3-star airport with its international terminal rated a 5-star. ^[9] It is set to have the first smart terminal in Vietnam, under a partnership signed with FPT Software. ^{[10] [11]}

History

Colonial French

Situated on flat, sandy ground on the south side of the major port city of Da Nang, the area was ideal for an airfield, having unobstructed approaches to its north–south runways. Tourane Airport was built by the French colonial government in the 1940s as a civilian airport. ^[12] During World War II, and the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force used it as a military air base. ^[13]

B-26C Serial 44-34109 of the French Air Force over Indochina, 1952. This aircraft was returned to the USAF in October 1955 and scrapped.

After the war, the facility was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War (1945–1954). In 1953/54 the French laid a NATO-standard 7,800-foot (2,400 m) asphalt runway at Tourane and stationed loaned American B-26s "Invaders" of the Groupe de Bombardement 1/19 Gascogne. In 1954 after the Geneva Peace Accords, these B-26s were returned to the United States.

Vietnam War

In 1955, the newly established Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) inherited from the French a token force of fifty-eight aircraft. These included a few squadrons of Cessna L-19 observation aircraft, C-47 transports and various utility aircraft. Tourane Airfield was turned over to civilian use, with the South Vietnamese using facilities at Bien Hoa, Nha Trang and at Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon.

In 1957 the VNAF re-established a presence at the renamed Da Nang Airport, stationing the 1st Liaison Squadron with Cessna L-19s. The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) also used Da Nang as a ranger training facility.

Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.

During the Vietnam War (1959–1975), the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base. Once little more than a provincial airfield, the facility was expanded to 2,350 acres (950 ha) with two 10,000-foot (3,048 m) asphalt runways with concrete touchdown pads. parallel taxiways, and a heliport.

During the war the VNAF's 1st Air Division, ^[14] and the USAF's 23d Air Base Group, 6252nd Tactical Wing, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 362nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, and the U.S. Navy (a detachment of VQ-1) operated from the base.

The Vietnam-US joint project to clean dioxin pollution was completed in 2018. ^[15] The airport had previously seen "high dioxin concentrations in soil and sediment remaining decades after Agent Orange and other herbicides were handled at the airport during the U.S.-Vietnam War". ^[16]

COVID-19 pandemic

According to the regulation of the Ministry of Transport issued on 27 July 2020, the airport was temporarily closed from 28 July to 7 September to prevent an outbreak in the city. ^{[17] [18]}

Facilities

Inside the International Terminal of Da Nang Airport

Departures hall

Da Nang International Airport has two 10,000-foot (3,048 m) paved, parallel runways (17–35 orientation) capable of handling large, modern aircraft such as Boeing 747s, 767s and Airbus A320s. ^{[2] [19]} Traffic volume at Da Nang averages 100 to 150 flights every 24 hours. Annual traffic was circa 1.45 million in 2007 and is expected to reach four million by 2020. ^[20]

A new 20,000m² terminal, costing US$84 million with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year, opened to receive its first domestic flight on 15 December 2011. The feasibility study for the renovation of the airport was partially sponsored by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and was completed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 2006. The new terminal includes five boarding gates, baggage handling systems, departure and arrivals areas, flight information display system (FIDS), common user terminal equipment (CUTE), fire detection systems and comprehensive public address and security systems, including screening equipment. Additionally, one of the airport's two runways was extended from 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) to 3,500 metres (11,483 ft). After completion, and at a cost of US$160 million, the airport now has a total capacity of six million passengers per year. ^{[2] [21]}

A new international terminal 2, covering 48,000m2, with a total investment sum of US$154 million and a designed capacity of 6 millions passenger per year was put into use on 5 May 2017. ^{[7] [22]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aero K	Cheongju [23]
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Air Busan	Busan, Seoul–Incheon [24]
Air Macau	Macau
Air Premia	Seoul–Incheon (begins 23 January 2025) [25]
Air Seoul	Seoul–Incheon [26]
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Bamboo Airways	Da Lat (suspended), Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc (suspended) Charter: Kaohsiung, Muan, Taichung [27]
Batik Air Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur–International [28]
Cambodia Angkor Air	Siem Reap [29]
Cebu Pacific	Manila [30]
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan [31]
Citilink	Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta [32]
Eastar Jet	Seoul–Incheon [33]
EVA Air	Taipei–Taoyuan
Hai Au Aviation	Dong Hoi, [34] Hue [35]
HK Express	Hong Kong
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong [36]
Jeju Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon Seasonal: Muan [37]
Jin Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
Lao Airlines	Vientiane [38]
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International [39]
Pacific Airlines	Ho Chi Minh City, Muan Seasonal: Phu Quoc [40] Charter: Macau [41]
Royal Air Philippines	Manila [42]
Singapore Airlines	Singapore
Starlux Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi [43]
Tigerair Taiwan	Kaohsiung, [44] Taichung, Taipei–Taoyuan [45]
T'way Air	Cheongju, [46] Daegu, Seoul–Incheon Seasonal charter: Jeju
VietJet Air	Ahmedabad, [47] Buon Ma Thuot, [48] Busan, [49] Can Tho, Daegu, Da Lat, [48] Hai Phong, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Muan, Nha Trang, [50] Phu Quoc, [48] Seoul–Incheon, Singapore, [51] [52] Thanh Hoa, [48] Tokyo–Haneda, [53] Vinh [48] Charter: Macau, Matsuyama, Nagoya–Centrair, Taichung, Taipei–Taoyuan, Yangyang
Vietnam Airlines	Busan, Chengdu–Tianfu, Da Lat, [54] Guangzhou, Ha Long, [55] Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Osaka–Kansai, Phu Quoc, [56] Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, [57] Singapore, [58] Thanh Hoa, [56] Tokyo–Narita Charter: Guiyang, [59] Ibaraki, Lanzhou, [60] Muan, Taipei–Taoyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an

Statistics

Year	Passengers
2008	1.710.758
2009	2.079.758
2010	2.479.307
2011	2.877.078
2012	3.090.877
2013	4.376.775
2014	4.989.687
2015	6.724.604
2016	8.783.429
2017	10.860.235
2018	13.229.663
2019	15.543.598

Top 5 busiest domestic flights from Da Nang Airport by frequency Nov. 2019 Rank Destinations Frequency (weekly) 1 Hanoi 239 2 Ho Chi Minh City 237 3 Hai Phong 28 4 Nha Trang 24 5 Can Tho 18

Top 10 busiest international flights from Da Nang Airport by frequency, Nov. 2019 Rank Destinations Frequency (weekly) 1 Seoul–Incheon 166 2 Busan 55 3 Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi 40 4 Daegu 25 5 Hong Kong 24 6 Bangkok–Don Mueang 24 7 Macau 18 8 Singapore 15 9 Kuala Lumpur–International 14 10 Taipei–Taoyuan 9

Accidents and incidents

• On 30 September 1970, Douglas DC-3DST B-305 of Air Vietnam crashed into a hill near Da Nang while attempting to divert to Da Nang Airport due to weather conditions at its intended destination of Phu Bai Airport, Huế. Three of the 38 people on board were killed. ^[61]

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External links

Media related to Da Nang International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Airport information for DAD / VVDN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
• Accident history for DAD / VVDN at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for VVDN at NOAA / NWS